A Basket to carry water by John Maxwell

– Feb. 26, 2006 is the 200th anniversary of General Dumas: Bicentenaire du gènèral Dumas & COMMUNIQU… DE PRESSE: Lancement d’une consultation pour une úuvre en hommage au Gènèral Alexandre Dumas

– Compte-rendu d’un observateur

– Democracy Triumphs in Haiti; US Must Stand Aside BY THE EDITORS | The Bard Observer

Bicentenaire du gènèral Dumas HLLN Note: Today, Feb. 26, 2006 is the 200th anniversary of the death of Haitian-born, General Alexandre Dumas (1762-1806), father of France’s most famous author of “The Three Musketeers.” General Alexandre Dumas was born a captive in Jèrèmie, Haiti. He rose to become the first black general in the history of France and father of the most celebrated and most widely read French author in the world. At 11 o’clock today, a ceremony to commemorate his accomplishments will take place in France at the Villers-Cotter’ts (Aisne), the village he was interred in 1789.

France still refuses to officially acknowledge this great Haitian-born military hero who won many battles leading French troops in Europe doing the French Revolution and his historic contributions to France. But today Haitians shall remember General Alexandre Dumas, and in France, a plaque will be placed on the house where this great hero, a victim of Napoleon Bonaparte’s hideous racism, died. Flowers will be place on his tomb by the African and Caribbean community in France and his many other admirers. Other events are planned throughout this 2006-year to commemorate this bi-centennial. In Paris, a statue of the General Dumas will be unveiled. Other ceremonies will take place in Haiti. For further information, please check the website of Historian, writer and philosopher, Claude Ribbe at www.claude-ribbe.com (Press release and other detailed info on how to get to today’s events in France is below, in French)

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A Basket to carry water John Maxwell

In a well ordered world, Gerard LaTortue should now be sitting quietly in a jail in the Hague, preparing to defend himself against charges of treason, terrorism, murder, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution and, possibly, genocide

Instead, on Wednesday thIs week, he was sitting, immaculately tailored, as always, in a conference room at United Nations headquarters, as the Assistant Secretary general of the OAS vainly attempted to give a decent burial to US government policies in Haiti.

It was a farce.

Officiating at the obsequies was the Guyanese-born Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, chosen, one imagines, because his clean hands distinguished him from a motley gang of bloodstained bureaucrats who have for two years connived at one of the most blatant and infamous rapes of human rights in modern history.

The occasion was a meeting of the so-called Haitian Core Group of the UN — nations which over the past two years have been involved in the murderous suppression of Haitian democracy and the denial of the Rights of Man to the first people ever to have implemented those Rights.

Mr Ramdin said the exercise was “closing a difficult chapter which emanated in part from the dispute surrounding the year 2000 legislative elections”.

What Ramdin was unable to say was that that dispute was an artificial and unnecessary quarrel, fomented by a small, selfish cabal of rich Haitians, fostered and amplified by a witless and gutless American press encouraged by a cynical and amoral US Administration. Like a bunch of juvenile delinquents, the elite sulked and screamed until they got their way.

On the day following the memorial service, the President of the United States performed what must have been, even for him, the supreme test of hypocrisy, telephoning Rene Preval, the President of Haiti, to convey his congratulations, good wishes and hopes for cooperation in the war on drugs and pledging “a continuing interest in the democratic and economic success of Haiti.”

For a man whose previous encounters with democracy have left that institution bruised and unstable, Mr Bush had a nerve. Two years ago his soldiers and diplomats, had armed and provisioned a criminal aggregation of rapists, mass murderers and putschists to go into Haiti to finish what all the American NGOs and enhancers of Democracy had not been able to do : to subvert the lawfully and overwhelmingly elected President of Haiti. When the mercenaries proved unable to do that job, the US itself stepped in with its Ambassador and its Marines making a predawn call on the President to inform him that if he didn’t leave the country his life was worthless. They put him on a cargo plane and rendered him to Africa.

It was not only Aristide and his family who were taken for a ride. The world was conned by official propaganda and journalistc pimps, which managed to paint a picture of the mild-mannered slum priest as a violent, corrupt demonic oppressor of his people.The US Secretary of State was reported to have warned Ron Dellums, a former US Congressman, a friend of Aristide’s, to tell the President that he was going to die and that the US would do nothing to save him.

President Bush Feb 29, 2004: “ President Aristide has resigned. He has left his country, The Constitution of Haiti is working — This government believes it essential that Haiti have a hopeful future. This is the beginning of a new chapter in the country?s history.”

What a chapter it has been!

The new harbingers of democracy looted the Presidential Palace, burned museums, shut down radio and television stations and terrorised the country, murdering anyone who they considered to be a loyalist of the ancien regime – a chimere. The OAS’s man in Haiti, a Canadian, travelled to celebrate with the imposed Prime Minister, Mr La Tortue, as he declared the sanguine gang of murderers and rapists to be ‘freedom fighters’.

Caricom, whose representatives had completely surrendered to US propaganda and tried to get Aristide to surrender to his elite tormentors, were left up the creek, without a paddle, trying to figure out what day it was and which way the wind was blowing.

The then OAS Assistant secretary general, one Luigi Einaudi, an American, had been heard to say at Haiti’s bicentennial celebrations two months earlier that Haiti’s only problem was that it was being run by Haitians.The elite with the help of the gangsters and murderers soon changed that. In concert with the United Nations, the Americans, the Canadians the French, and latterly the Brazilians, no Haitian chimere would be allowed to bark unpunished and thousands died, thousands of them murdered, plus 3000 suffocated by malign incompetence and floods

The next two years are a chronicle of murderous mismanagement, cruelty, repression and incompetence.

But the Americans, scattering democracy like manure across the Middle East, had to be seen to be doing something useful in this hemisphere. Elections were all important. Mr Roger Noriega said so, (his mentor Jesse Helms must have told him that) Mr Einaudi said so and to top it all, Dr Condoleezza Rice, the US Secretary of State said so.

Unfortunately for the newly arranged democracy to be, Haiti’s poverty and lack of electricity makes it impossible for voting machines to be used and the recent elections had to be carried out the old way, un-hackable except by machete. There were neither computers nor machetes, just lots and lots and lots of ‘dirt poor’ Haitians smart enough to figure out how to get their democracy and their leaders back. Despite all the plots and stratagems their will was made manifest and the electoral authority and the US government have been forced to admit that the people of Haiti have elected in one go, the president they can get if they cant get the one they want.

But this is just the start of another black farce, unless Jamaica’s next Prime Minister and her Caricom colleagues intervene decisively with the support of the South Africans and the Brazilians and any others who respect Haiti.

Preval has been given a basket to carry water.

His country is still run by criminals, the leaders of the people are still in exile or in prison and thousands of crimes need to be prosecuted and criminals brought to justice. And then the job of development will need to be tackled.

To do any of this Haiti requires money and help. Some of the help will come from the millions of Haitians driven out of Haiti in the past. At this point it may be useful to remember some of the argument before the coup in 2004

Just before the coup I wrote in this column:

“The twentieth century story of Haiti is one of economic and social strip-mining, of rapacious exploitation on a scale that is almost incomprehensible. As one of my correspondents says, Haiti is an international crime scene. For decades the Haitian people have been driven abroad to seek some sort of dignity, livelihood and an end to suffering. The brightest people including journalists, have been murdered or are in voluntary or involuntary exile.

Haiti needs help, not interference. The people of goodwill, in Haiti or outside, must be brought into a dialogue of respect for each other, to devise solutions, made by Haitians for Haitians. But they need help, simply to build the basic infrastructure for dialogue, for communication,for education and for health. Haiti is a war zone, where the rich have scorched the earth so thoroughly that the emotional landscape seems to have been sown with salt.”

I then reported on a fact which has obviously long been forgotten:

‘This week, Haitians in the United States were asked for their opinions on what should happen in Haiti. A poll among Haitians across the United States was done by the New California Media Coalition, an association of ethnic media companies .

‘Surprise! More than half (52%) of those polled said they believed President Aristide should stay in office in the interest of democracy. Just over one-third (35%) believed he should resign. More than half – 55% – felt the Haitian Opposition was fighting for ‘power’; only 22% believed [they were] fighting for ‘democracy”’.

‘Given these figures and the facts reported elsewhere, it would seem a little crazy for CARICOM/OAS to be putting pressure on Aristide to dismantle his government to give power to an opposition which refuses even to discuss its differences with Aristide.”

I repeat these statements because very little has changed in the Haitian reality since then. Aristide’s support has probably risen.

But the power elite are still there, elected by no one, responsible to no one but their bankers and clearly, totally contemptuous of the people upon whom they feed.

The Prime Minister is still in jail. The Americans, in a demonstration of remarkable stupidity, are still demonising Aristide and purporting to be able to direct Haitians in the solutions of their problems.

What has been clear for two hundred years is that Haiti’s main problems have been and are, in order, the United States of America and France, joined now by Canada.

The recent apparent suicide of the Brazilian general commanding the United Nations Mission in Haiti —MINUSTAH — occurred shortly after he had met with the two most prominent members of the elite. One wonders what they could have said to him and what drove him to take his own life, if indeed he did.

If he did take his own life one imagines that confronted by the intransigent stupidity, greed and racism of the elite he was so depressed that he could see no way out. But we are faced with a holocaust which must be ended. We can no longer connive at the slow motion genocide of the Haitians. If you believe that my use of the word genocide is overblown, please consider the meaning of it. Article III of the convention against genocide says:

“ genocide means any of the following acts committed with intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, as such:

  (a) Killing members of the group;?

(b) Causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group;?

(c) Deliberately inflicting on the group conditions of life calculated to bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part;?

(d) Imposing measures intended to prevent births within the group;?

(e) Forcibly transferring children of the group to another group.

ARTICLE IV: Persons committing genocide or any of the other acts enumerated in ARTICLE III shall be punished, whether they are constitutionally responsible rulers, public officials or private individuals.”

As my correspondent said two years ago, Haiti is an international crime scene, and the crime is genocide. Certainly, what has happened in Haiti is genocide as described in the first three sub-clauses of Article III.

Haiti’s 8 million people may be luckier than the 6 million Jews, gypsies, blacks, homosexuals and other ‘untermenschen’ killed by the Nazis; they are at least, still alive.

But life in Haiti is clearly not life as most people anywhere else understand it, with the exception of Darfur.

The major actors in this crime may make amends to some extent, by paying reparations to Haiti for their misdeeds over nearly two centuries. But what they can do which would have the most beneficial effect is to extricate themselves from the affairs of Haiti

Nation states are generally formed by groups of people wanting to preserve their common culture.The Haitians, with the exception of the Elite, transcended that when they abolished slavery and declared independence in 1804. Their shared culture was the desire for freedom, for which they had fought so long and hard. Rising out of the most cruel and barbarous slavery, they extended the hand of friendship to everyone, black and white alike. They financed Simon Bolivar and sent him off to liberate South America.

If only for this reason, we, the world, owe them the most profound respect

The best way of paying that respect is that we should respect and guarantee their freedom, their human rights and celebrate their unquenchable dignity under the most appalling oppression.

Copyright©John Maxwell

jonmax@mac.com

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Feb. 26, 2006 is the 200th anniversary of General Dumas:

Bicentenaire du gènèral Dumas

Aujourd’hui dimanche 26 fèvrier 2006, malgrè le refus du ministre de la Culture Donnedieu de Vabres d’inscrire cette date au calendrier des commèmorations nationales, journèe historique du bicentenaire de la mort du gènèral franco-haítien Alexandre Dumas (1762-1806), nè esclave – Jèrèmie, premier gènèral ´noirª de l’histoire de France et pére du cèlébre ècrivain. A 11 heures, une cèrèmonie commèmorative est organisèe – Villers-Cotter’ts (Aisne), la ville o il s’installa en 1789. Une plaque va ’tre inaugurèe sur la maison o mourut le hèros victime du racisme de Bonaparte et des fleurs seront dèposèes sur sa tombe par ses nombreux amis. D’autres moments commèmoreront le bicentenaire au cours de cette annèe 2006. En juin, la Savoie rendra hommage au commandant en chef de l’Armèe des Alpes, vainqueur du Petit Saint Bernard et du mont Cenis. De son cÙtè, la ville de Paris va remettre en place la statue du gènèral dèboulonnèe par les nazis pendant l’occupation. Une dèclaration vient d’’tre faite dans ce sens par MM. Bertrand DelanoÎ et Christophe Girard, ainsi que par Mme Pau-Langevin. D’autres cèrèmonies auront lieu en Haíti.

www.claude-ribbe.com

******* Dimanche, Villers-Cotter’ts, Bicentenaire du gènèral Dumas

Chers amis,

Une cèrèmonie aura lieu dimanche 26 fèvrier – Villers-Cotter’ts le jour du bicentenaire de la mort d’Alexandre Dumas, premier gènèral négre de l’histoire de France, nè esclave – Jèrèmie en 1762, arrivè ´ sans papiers ª en France, hèros de la Rèvolution.

Dés 9 h, pour ceux qui le souhaitent, visite de la ville sur les traces du gènèral Dumas et visite du Musèe des Trois Dumas.

A 11 heures, des gerbes seront dèposèes sur la tombe du gènèral au cimetiére de Villers. A 11 h 30, une plaque sera dèvoilèe par Michel Laviolette, conseiller gènèral antiraciste de l’Aisne, sur la faÁade de la maison o Dumas mourut, voici deux cents ans, victime de la nègrophobie de Bonaparte, laissant un petit orphelin de quatre ans qui devait devenir l’ècrivain franÁais le plus lu dans le monde. A midi, un vin d’honneur sera offert par la municipalitè de Villers-Cotter’ts, une ville qui ne fut pas choquèe, en 1789, de voir une fille blonde du pays fiancèe – un ancien esclave.

Le ministre de la Culture a refusè d’inscrire ce bicentenaire sur la liste des commèmorations nationales 2006. Il est donc important d’’tre nombreux – Villers-Cotter’ts pour rendre hommage – ce grand hèros franco-haítien et protester contre le racisme et la nègrophobie.

  Pour se rendre – Villers-Cotter’ts :

En train :

Depuis Paris gare du Nord train – 08 h 06- arrivèe – Villers-Cotter’ts – 08h 59 (l’accueil – la gare sera assurè par des membres de l’association des Trois Dumas) Retour 13 h 15 arrivèe – Paris-Nord 14 h 20 ou – 16 h 46- arrivèe – Paris Nord 17 h 53

Par la route (80 kms de Paris) :

Paris Porte de La Chapelle, autoroute A1, puis A 104 direction SOISSONS et N2

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Paris, le 24 Fèvrier 2006

COMMUNIQU… DE PRESSE

Lancement d’une consultation pour une úuvre en hommage au Gènèral Alexandre Dumas

A l’occasion du bicentenaire de la mort du Gènèral Alexandre Dumas, dimanche 26 fèvrier 2006, Bertrand DelanoÎ, maire de Paris, Christophe Girard, adjoint chargè de la culture et George Pau-Langevin, dèlèguèe gènèrale – l’Outre-Mer, tiennent – rappeler l’attachement de la Ville de Paris – sa mèmoire.

Alexandre Dumas, nè esclave aux Antilles franÁaises, est le premier Gènèral noir de l’histoire de France. Combattant de la Rèvolution franÁaise, il a portè sa vie durant l’idèal rèpublicain.

Le Gènèral Dumas symbolise l’affrontement entre deux rèalitès franÁaises : l’èlan progressiste des Lumiéres et l’idèologie coloniale. Il a consacrè sa vie – la promotion rèvolutionnaire de l’ègalitè entre les hommes tout en ayant souffert de l’injustice de l’esclavage imposè aux Antilles.

Sur proposition de Christophe Girard et de George Pau-Langevin, la Ville de Paris a lancè une consultation pour implanter une úuvre en hommage au Gènèral Dumas place du Gènèral Catroux dans le 17éme arrondissement.

  Cette úuvre prendra place aux cÙtès des monuments dèdiès aux deux Dumas hommes de lettres, respectivement fils et petit-fils du Gènèral. La statue prècèdemment implantèe en l’honneur du Gènèral Dumas sur cette m’me place (prècèdemment dènommèe Place des 3 Dumas) fut dèboulonnèe par les nazis en 1940 puis envoyèe – la fonte.

  Trois artistes participent – la consultation en cours :

– Jean-Louis Faure

– Ousmane Sow

– Barthèlemy Toguo.

  Le choix de l’úuvre interviendra aprés consultation du Comitè de l’Art dans la Ville et de la Mairie du 17éme arrondissement.

  Contact presse JèrÙme Girard : 01 42 76 49 61

  Retrouvez l’ensemble des informations concernant l’actualitè Ville sur Paris.fr

www.paris.fr

  Service de presse Tèl : 01 42 76 49 61 Fax : 01 42 76 53 25 mail : service.presse@paris.fr

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Democracy Triumphs in Haiti; US Must Stand Aside BY THE EDITORS | The Bard Observer

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First Chile, then Bolivia, and now Haitiófor the third time in less than two months, another nation in the Western Hemisphere has become an example of what it means to be truly democratic. By electing president Renè Preval through a legitimate political process, the Haitian people have demonstrated their desire for political stability and improved living conditions. That they have done so essentially autonomously should be viewed by the United States as a powerful sign that meddling in the internal politics of a sovereign nation is not in fact a prerequisite for democracy. This election creates hope that even a country as plagued by the ills of poverty, AIDS and political chaos as Haiti can take part in effective democratic institutions without the US playing a significant role. The US must step aside and truly recognize the democratically elected Preval.

Contrary to the popular myth that holds Haiti as inherently undemocratic and ridden with irresolvable conflicts, its history as an independent nation began with a stunning success. In 1804, it was the home of the first victorious slave revolt in the world, gaining the country its independence long before almost every other nation in the Western Hemisphere, with the single exception of the United States. Haiti’s post-independence history, however, has not been quite as successful. The country’s limited experience with democracy has been continuously interrupted, most recently in 2004 when democratically elected president Jean Bertrand Aristide was ousted in a coup for the second time (the first was in 1994). The United States, meanwhile, has consistently lurked in the shadows.

On February 7, over two million Haitian voters attempted to defy recent history and took to the polls, to demand a democratic, effective change from the ungoverned state they had been living in. The numbers show the desperate conditions of this nation. 70 percent of the Haitian population eats one meal a day and 80 percent lives below the poverty line. It is true that the people are hungry and desperate for political stability. If anything is clear from the events of the past few weeks, it is that the Haitian people, despite poverty and hunger, are not victims. They must not be subjected to ultimately counterproductive US-led meddling in their internal politics. While Haiti has been portrayed as an anarchic wasteland of starving children and gangsters, the truth is that the Haitian people have maintained political agency. At the very least, the election of Preval demonstrates the strong political will the Haitian people are capable of exercising. The US must not stand in their way.

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La Presse

Forum, mercredi 22 fèvrier 2006, p. A21

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“Blindè, moi?”

La dètermination des Haítiens – exercer leur droit de vote devrait ’tre pour nous une grande leÁon d’humilitè, de persèvèrance, de courage et de dignitè

J’avais ètè dèployè – Jacmel dans le sud-est d’Haíti, un dèpartement montagneux et difficile d’accés. J’observais les èlections au sein de la mission canadienne. (Nous ètions une èquipe de deux observateurs.)

J’ètais, on ne peut plus, blindè: depuis quarante ans que je vais règuliérement en Haíti et au terme d’une vie professionnelle de prés de trente annèes – vivre et travailler dans le tiers-monde, notamment en Afrique, j’ai l’habitude de laisser de cotè mes èmotions.

Il ètait dix heures du matin, les bureaux de vote ètaient ouverts depuis six heures. Le soleil commenÁait – griller le paysage. Une trés vieille dame èdentèe s’approcha de nous

et brandissant sa carte d’identitè tel un trophèe me dit en crèole en me regardant droit dans les yeux:-

Blanc! Ils ne veulent pas me laisser voter! Tu es l– pour m’aider, fais quelque chose pour moi!

Je devais simplement observer et rendre compte mais je ne pouvais rester indiffèrent devant cette petite vieille v’tue comme pour aller aux noces – la ville. Sur sa carte, je vis qu’elle avait 84 ans.

Ce centre de votation ètait dans une ècole au sommet d’une montagne. Il y avait une quinzaine de bureaux de vote dans de petites salles de classe et parfois deux bureaux par salle. ¿ 400 èlecteurs par bureau on aurait pu y attendre 6000 votants. ¿ cette heure, environ 3000 personnes faisaient patiemment la file sur un kilométre, collèes serrèes comme par solidaritè et surtout pour ne pas perdre leur place. Plusieurs subissaient peut-’tre cette attente dans la mauvaise file.

La dame me dit qu’elle s’ètait levèe – trois heures du matin, qu’elle avait marchè pendant quatre heures et qu’elle ne pouvait trouver son nom sur la liste, elle ètait analphabéte.Pendant qu’elle me parlait, je voyais passer un infirme sur le dos de son fils. Un scout transportait les bèquilles de l invalide.Ils passérent devant tout ce monde qui attendait en un silence singulier qui renforÁait la gravitè de l’èvènement.

Sur la petite affiche collèe au portail de l’ècole on lisait: “ Gran Moun, fanm ansent, moun andikapè dwe vote avan paske yo pas ka kanpè twÙp: Prioritè aux vieillards, aux femmes enceintes, et aux handicapès qui eux ne peuvent attendre. “

La vieille dame portait une robe – paillettes bleu foncè et un grand chapeau de paille assorti. Elle n’ètait pas la seule endimanchèe. En portant mon regard sur la foule de paysans je remarquai que tout le monde ètait “ habillè “.

Je trouvai un ècolier ravi d’’tre en vacances pour cause d’èlections. Il

s appelait Rockefeller, il avait 11 ans, il ètait en cinquiéme – l’ècole Montagne-La-Voute. Je lui demandai de se faufiler et de vèrifier sur toutes les listes pour voir si le nom de la vieille y figurait.

Le gamin trouva le nom de la vieille sur une des listes collèes au mur de l ècole. La petite dame nous remercia et se dirigea vers la bonne file.

Plus tard je vis sortir l’infirme sur le dos de son fils suivi du scout porteur de bèquilles. L’invalide brandissant fiérement son pouce tachè d encre indèlèbile sous les applaudissements de la foule.

Dans la salle de classe du bureau numèro 7, deux observateurs nationaux, huit reprèsentants de partis politiques et les quatre membres du bureau de vote- au total 14 personnes- s’acquittaient de leurs t‚ches avec le plus grand sèrieux et avec respect.

Il devait faire plus de 45 degrès dans cette petite piéce de cinq métres sur six dont l’unique fen’tre donnait un

èclairage relativement faible, sans parler du manque de ventilation. Personne ne se plaignait.

Dehors, les files s’allongeaient sous le soleil.

Je n’ai pas constatè que les gens avaient quelque chose – boire ou – manger. M’me s’il y avait eu un petit restaurant ou un vendeur de boissons personne n’aurait eu d’argent pour acheter quoi que ce soit.

La petite vieille ayant finalement votè vint me trouver tout sourire en me montrant fiérement son pouce tachè d’encre. Elle me dit joyeuse, les larmes aux yeux: “ Blanc! dèmocratie: misé fini! “

Maniére de dire “ j’ai fait ma part pour l’avenir de ce pays, c’en est enfin terminè avec la misére… “

Je lui serrai les mains en lui disant que…Oui, misére finie… Elle me sourit et repartit vers sa maison – quatre heures de marche de l’ècole sans avoir mangè et sans eau pour le retour.

Blindè, moi?

J’avais peine – cacher mon èmotion. Je restai

silencieux pendant de longues minutes.

¿ mon retour d’Haíti un ami me dit: les Haítiens ne vivent pas sur la m’me planéte!

Cette phrase m’a d’abord surpris mais – bien y rèflèchir, mon ami avait raison.

Quand on travaille 12 heures par jour – essayer de faire pousser quelques tiges de manioc sur les flancs d’une montagne pelèe de laquelle, – chaque pluie, un peu plus de terre, de boue et de pierres roulent vers la mer.

Quand sa fortune se limite – un ‚ne, deux chévres et quelques poules.

Quand on ne gagne qu’un dollar par jour.

Quand on n’a ni èlectricitè, ni eau courante.

Quand ses petits courent presque nus autour de la case au toit de tÙles brlantes sans espoir de survie ni d’avenir.

Quand on n’a aucune instruction.

Quand le pays est ruinè depuis 200 ans par des tyrans, despotes, exploiteurs et autres dictateurs dans l’indiffèrence.

Et qu’on est –

trois heures de vol de Montrèal.

On ne vit pas sur la m’me planéte.

La population haítienne n’a pas les moyens d’un autre geste que celui des èlections dèmocratiques pour enfin prendre le pas de la planéte.

La dèmocratie est LA clef du dèveloppement.

En tout cas, cette petite dame et le fils de cet invalide et les milliers d autres que j’ai vus et entendus dans les files kilomètriques et sur les routes, sont pour nous tous, habitants de la “ planéte “ une grande leÁon d humilitè, de persèvèrance, de courage et de dignitè.

Maurice Dionne

L’auteur est un ancien ambassadeur du Canada et un ex-fonctionnaire des Nation unies et de la Francophonie. Avec 105 autres Canadiens de tous horizons il a ètè dèsignè par Canadem pour faire partie d’une mission internationale d’èvaluation des èlections en Haíti (MIEEH) sous l’ègide d …lections Canada.

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Fraud anticipated to compel a second round, Feb. 7, 2006 www.haitiforever.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=13774#13774

HLLN Report on Haitian Election Laws, Feb. 14, 2006 – the CEP is no authority to COUNT or EXAMINE ballots, this is left to the polling stations. Go to: https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/ezilidanto/2006-02/msg00012.html

Jacques Bernard, the Frenchmen accused of ballot stuffing and electoral fraud in Haiti is Welcome to the US by Haiti Democracy Project and Scheduled to Address HDP Seminar | J.Bernard, another Zealot, like Manus and Paquiot, HDP will use to destabilize Haiti’s elected President https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/ezilidanto/2006-02/msg00022.html

The Smoking Gun – Photos of STOLEN ballots found in garbage dump in Haiti | Brazil backs Preval as victor in elections | Smashed ballot boxes found in Haiti, et al https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/ezilidanto/2006-02/msg00014.html

Count the missing ballots received Wed. Feb. 15, 2006 by Ezili Danto Why did the CEP choose to COUNT the blank ballots on a pro-rata basis but to not count the missing ballots from Sainte Trinité School, Carrefour-Feuilles, Abricots and other places that had gone missing but recovered and clearly available to be ADDED into the overall tally of votes on Wed. Feb. 15, 2006? www.haitiforever.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14202#14202

Jacques Bernard, the Electoral Council’s director accused of stuffing ballots with blank votes, flees Haiti – Haiti Election Chief Flees Country https://lists.riseup.net/www/arc/ezilidanto/2006-02/msg00021.html

– FREE SO ANN!!!! FREE YVON NEPTUNE, FREE JACQUES MATHELIER, FREE HAITI’S CHILDREN, SUPPORT HAITIAN self-repect, self-defense and self-determination www.margueritelaurent.com/solidarityday/hsd_sampleletter_res.html

– Pozisyon Prensip Sou Respe Vot 7 Fervriye 2006|Principled position on respect for the February 7th 2006 ballot. (Kreyol and English)www.haitiforever.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=14324#14324